Hobbyhorse

From the exhibition:
Toys and Games: A New Mexico Childhood

New Mexico History Museum

This commercially made, suspension-mounted hobbyhorse has a wooden body, legs and head. Its mane and tail are fashioned from real horsehair; the ears are leather, and the eyes are glass.

New Mexico History Museum 00179.45, gift of Bettie A. Morgan.

Photo by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.


Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.